1. Chapter 5 Electronic Commerce: Strategies for the New Economy
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2. Reminder
Quiz 2 will be conducted on Wednesday next week am

3. STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
Define and describe the 9 major e-commerce business models.
Identify the differences and similarities among customers and their perception of value in B2B and B2C e-commerce.
Compare and contrast developing a marketing mix in B2B and B2C e-commerce.
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4. STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
Summarize ways of moving money in e-commerce and related issues.
Discuss major trends that are impacting both the e-commerce world and society in general.
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5. INTRODUCTION E-commerce is changing everything
Electronic commerce (e-commerce) – commerce, but it is commerce accelerated and enhanced by IT
Build powerful relationships with customers
Build powerful relationships with suppliers
Build powerful relationships with partners
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6. INTRODUCTION But e-commerce is still commerce
You must have a clear path-to-profitability (P2P), a formal business plan that outlines key business issues such as…
Customer targets
Marketing strategies
Operations strategies
Projected income statement and balance sheet targets
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7. CHAPTER ORGANIZATION E-Commerce Business Models
Learning outcome #1
Understand Your Business, Products, Services, and Customers
Learning outcome #2
Find Customers and Establish Relationships
Learning outcome #3
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8. CHAPTER ORGANIZATION Move Money Easily and Securely E-Business Trends
Learning outcome #4
E-Business Trends
Learning outcome #5
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9. E-COMMERCE BUSINESS MODELS
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10. B2B E-Commerce
Business to Business (B2B) e-commerce – when a business sells products and services to customers who are primarily other businesses
Basically, it’s about businesses doing business with other businesses
Supply chain management (from Chapter 2) is a big part of B2B e-commerce
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11. B2C E-Commerce
Business to Consumer (B2C) e-commerce – when a business sells products and services to customers who are primarily individuals
B2C is the glitzy e-commerce like iTunes, eBay, etc
B2C is a primary focus of the later sections in this chapter
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12. C2B E-Commerce
Consumer to Business (C2B) e-commerce – when an individual sells products and services to a business
True economic inversion of the B2C model
Fotolia is a good example (
There you can post photos and videos and businesses will pay you a royalty to use them (if they like what you offer)
You can also advertise businesses on your personal Web site (called an affiliate program) and receive monies for visitors who jump from your site to the business’ Web sites
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13. C2C E-Commerce
Consumer to Consumer (C2C) e-commerce – when an individual sells products and services to another individual.
You selling to another person (or the reverse)
Usually occurs through an intermediary such as eBay
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14. B2G E-Commerce
Business to Government (B2G) e-commerce – when a business sells products and services to a government entity.
Fairly large e-commerce model in terms of revenue
Most U.S. government entities (for sure at the federal level) won’t do business with your business if you can’t do it electronically
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15. C2G E-Commerce
Consumer to Government (C2G) e-commerce – when an individual sells products and services to a government entity
You selling something to the government
This market is quite small and unremarkable
Most times, “you” must register as a business before selling something to the government, which would then become B2G e-commerce
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16. G2B E-Commerce
Government to Business (G2B) e-commerce – when a government entity sells products and services to businesses
SBA providing surety guarantees, disaster assistance, ombudsmen, etc to small businesses
TSA holding auctions and selling off confiscated items (most times, you must be a “business” to participate in these auctions)
U.S. Geological Survey (DOI) selling detailed survey data to businesses
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17. G2C E-Commerce
Government to Consumer (G2C) e-commerce – e-commerce activities performed between a government and its citizens
Does not fit well at all within the traditional supply-and-demand e-commerce notion
Paying taxes, registering vehicles, etc
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18. G2G E-Commerce
Government to Government (G2G) e-commerce – e-commerce activities within a nation’s government (can also refer to e-commerce activities between 2 or more nations’ governments)
Vertical govt integration – e-commerce among agencies up and down federal and local levels
Horizontal govt integration – e-commerce among agencies within one level (e.g., federal)
Mainly about information sharing, not commerce
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19. UNDERSTAND YOUR BUSINESS, PRODUCTS, SERVICES, & CUSTOMERS
To be successful, you must…
Define your products and services
Define your target customers
B2B (other businesses)
B2C (individuals)
Define your customers perception of the value of your products and services
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20. Who Are Your Customers? Business to Business Business to Consumer
Other businesses
Business to Consumer
Individuals
Each is different and has different needs and wants
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21. Customer Product and Service Value Perception
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22. B2C: Convenience Versus Specialty
Lower priced
Purchased frequently
Example: common food items
Specialty
Higher priced
Purchased less frequently
Example: Stereos, computers
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23. B2C: Commoditylike and Digital
Same no matter where you purchase it
Examples: books, music, movies
Price and ease of ordering are important
Digital
Purchased and delivered over the Internet
Best product type for B2C e-commerce
Examples: Music, software
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24. B2C: Mass Customization
Mass customization – the ability of an organization to give its customers the opportunity to tailor its products or services
Dell – customized computer purchases
Apple iTunes – only the music you want (not necessarily the whole album)
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25. B2B: MRO Versus Direct
Maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) materials (indirect materials) – materials necessary for running a company but do not relate to the company’s primary business activities
Similar to convenience items in B2C
Office supplies, repair parts, lubricating oils
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26. MRO Materials Buyers in B2B make large purchases
Can then demand a discount (not true in B2C)
Can team up with other buyers to create demand aggregation
Demand aggregation – combining purchase requests from multiple buyers which justifies a larger discount
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27. Direct Materials
Direct materials – materials that are used in production in a manufacturing company or are placed on the shelf for sale in retail environments
Relate directly to a company’s primary business activities
Quality, quantity, and delivery timing are important
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28. Direct Materials
Buyers can participate in reverse auctions for direct materials
Reverse auction – process in which a buyer posts its interests in buying items and sellers compete by submitting successively lower bids
The lowest bidder wins
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29. B2B: Horizontal Versus Vertical
B2B e-commerce takes advantage of e-marketplaces
Electronic marketplace (e-marketplace) – interactive business providing a central market where multiple buyers and sellers can engage in e-commerce
Horizontal e-marketplaces
Vertical e-marketplaces
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30. E-Marketplaces
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31. Horizontal E-Marketplace
Horizontal e-marketplace – connects buyers and sellers across many industries
Primarily for MRO materials
All industries need office supplies, travel, and the like
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32. Vertical E-Marketplace
Vertical e-marketplace – connects buyers and sellers in a given industry
Primarily for direct materials
Each industry has unique direct material needs
Covisint ( – automotive
Many others
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33. To Summarize B2C Varying demographics and lifestyles
Convenience versus specialty products
Commoditylike and digital work best of all
Mass customization necessary in some instances
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34. To Summarize B2B MRO versus direct materials
Demand aggregation is present
E-marketplaces are vitally important
Horizontal (MRO materials mainly)
Vertical (direct materials mainly)
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35. FIND CUSTOMERS AND ESTABLISH RELATIONSHIPS
You must first find customers
Then establish relationships
Otherwise, you can’t make a sale
B2C and B2B techniques are very different
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36. Business to Consumer Need to determine your marketing mix
Marketing mix – set of marketing tools your organization will use to pursue its marketing objectives in reaching and attracting potential customers
There are many such tools for B2C
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37. B2C Marketing Mix Tools Registering with search engines Online ads
Viral marketing
Affiliate programs
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38. Registering with Search Engines
Some search engines will list your site for free
Others charge a fee
For an additional fee, your site can appear at top of a search list (every time)
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39. Online Ads
Online ads (banner ads) – small advertisements that appear on other sites
Two variations are:
Pop-up ad – small Web page advertisement that appears on your screen outside the current Web site
Pop-under ad – pop-up ad you do not see until you close your current browser window
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40. Banner ad for a loan lending services
Online Ads
Banner ad for a loan lending services
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41. Viral Marketing
Viral marketing – encourages users of a product or service supplied by a B2C business to encourage friends to join in as well
Blue Mountain Arts (
Send a card
Card has link so the other person can send you a card back
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42. Affiliate Programs
Affiliate program – arrangement between two e-commerce sites that directs viewers from one site to another
If viewers buy at the second site, the second site pays a small fee to the first site
Usually a percentage of the sale
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43. Affiliate Programs Click-throughs and conversion rates are important
Click-through – count of the number of people who visit one site and use an ad to get to another
Conversion rate – percentage of potential customers who actually buy something
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44. Affiliate Programs
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45. Business to Business Marketing
Much more personal
Not usually done with generic ads designed for mass distribution
Often take place in e-marketplaces
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46. Business to Business Marketing
Once a contact is made, the relationship must be established
This often requires face-to-face meetings
Must also integrate the IT systems to the supplier business and customer business
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47. To Summarize B2C Marketing mix drives customers to Web site
Search engines, online ads, viral marketing, and affiliate programs
Focus on conversion rates to measure success
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48. To Summarize B2B Frequently occurs in an e-marketplace
Requires establishing formal business relationship
Requires IT system integration
Doesn’t include broad and generic marketing mix
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49. MOVE MONEY EASILY & SECURELY
In e-commerce, most money moves electronically
Security becomes very important
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50. B2C Payment Systems Credit cards Financial cybermediaries
Electronic checks
Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment
Smart cards
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51. Financial Cybermediaries
Financial cybermediary – Internet-based company that makes it easy for one person to pay another person or organization over the Internet
PayPal ( is the most well-known
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52. Financial Cybermediaries
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53. Electronic Checks
Electronic check – mechanism for sending money from your checking or savings account to another person or organization
Many implementations
Most common implementation is online banking
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54. Electronic Bill Presentment & Payment
Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment (EBPP) – system that sends bills over the Internet and provides an easy-to-use mechanism (perhaps a button) to pay for them if the amount looks correct
Available through Checkfree ( and Quicken (
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55. Smart Cards
Smart card – plastic card (the size of a credit card) that contains an embedded chip on which digital information can be stored and updated
Debit cards are an implementation
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56. B2C Payment Systems
Must move money and other information such as shipping address
Digital wallets can help
Digital wallet – software and information
Software provides transaction security
Information includes delivery information and other forms of necessary information
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57. Digital Wallets Can be…
Client-side – you create this digital wallet and keep it on your computer
Server-side (also called a thin wallet) – an organization creates this for you and keeps it on its servers
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58. B2B Payment Systems Business customers… Make large purchases
Will not pay with credit card or financial cybermediary
Use financial EDI
Pay for many purchases at once (perhaps the end of the month)
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59. EDI
Electronic data interchange (EDI) – direct computer-to-computer transfer of transaction information in standard business documents, such as invoices and purchase orders, in a standard format
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60. Financial EDI
Financial EDI – an electronic process used primarily within B2B for the payment of purchases
This is electronic money in B2B
Often occurs through an automated clearing house
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61. Security: The Pervading Concern
Security is very important when moving money
Some security measures…
Encryption
Secure Sockets Layers
Secure Electronic Transactions
Many, many others
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62. Encryption
Encryption – scrambles the contents of a file so that you can’t read it without having the right decryption key
Often through public key encryption (PKE) – uses two keys: a public key for everyone and private key for only the recipient of the encrypted information
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63. Secure Sockets Layers Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)…
Creates a secure connection between a Web client and server
Encrypts the information
Sends the information over the Internet
Denoted by lock icon on browser or (notice the “s”)
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64. The “s” in https and the padlock
Secure Sockets Layers
The “s” in https and the padlock
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65. Secure Electronic Transactions
Secure Electronic Transaction (SET) – transmission method that ensures transactions are legitimate as well as secure
Helps verify use of a credit card, for example, by sending the transaction to the credit issuer as well as the seller/supplier
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66. To Summarize
B2C
Credit cards, financial cybermediaries, electronic checks, EBPP, smart cards, and digital wallets
Pay for individual purchases, usually in small amounts
Each payment must be validated
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67. To Summarize B2B Use EDI to facilitate ordering process
Use financial EDI for payment of purchases
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68. E-Business Trend - Youth
Screenager – person who spends a lot of time in front of a screen – TV, iPod, computer, cell phone
Digital native – personal ushered into this world alongside the digital revolution
Most young people are screenagers and digital natives
They readily embrace technology and therefore are most suited to running a business in the “e” world
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69. E-Business Trend – M-Commerce
Mobile computing – your ability to use technology to wirelessly connect to and use centrally located information and/or application software
M-commerce – e-commerce conducted over a wireless device
Subset of mobile computing
Mobility is key for the next generation of e-commerce that will rely on
Knowing where we are
Our ability to do anything from anywhere
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70. E-Business Trend – Long Tail
Long Tail – first offered by Chris Anderson; explains e-commerce profitability in terms of a sales curve
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71. E-Business Trend – Long Tail
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72. E-BUSINESS TRENDS “E” is certainly changing many things
Many trends in every part of your life
Three important ones
Youth
M-commerce
The Long Tail
Crowdsourcing (in a closing case study)
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73. E-Business Trend – Long Tail
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